Mariah Carey Tweets from the hospital bedside that her husband has suffered from mild kidney failure while vacationing in Aspen.

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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 4,
2012 — Nick Cannon had a hiccup to his holiday plans
with his wife, Mariah Carey, and their 8-month-old twins. While vacationing
in Aspen, Colo., the America’s Got Talent host was
hospitalized and, by the looks of the picture Carey posted on Twitter, the
couple may be in store for an extended stay in the mountains.

“Please pray for Nick as he's fighting to recover
from a mild kidney failure #mybraveman,”
she wrote on Wednesday on Twitter.

Mild kidney failure could be a result of certain
illnesses like upper respiratory tract infection, regular prescriptions, or dehydration, according Bryan Becker, MD, the immediate past president of the
National Kidney Foundation, who is not treating Cannon. “It would potentially
mean that he is still making urine and doesn’t need other types of treatments
such as dialysis, but that the condition needs to be watched so it’s not
getting any worse,” Becker notes.

Cannon may have experienced some muscle
achiness or change in sleep patterns, or
nothing at all. “In Colorado when people are active, you can have muscle damage
that makes the kidney function might go a little bit awry,” Becker explains.
Dehydration,
which is especially common in higher altitudes, could have also played a role.

Until Cannon’s kidney function gets back to normal,
he at least has his wife of three years by his side. “The truth is as long as
we're together, we're OK,” she wrote on her blog. “I'm not trying to make light out
of the situation because it's a serious moment that's very tough on all of us
so please keep us and our family in your prayers.”

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